[GNC] Price Database - can't just type ticker symbol, must scroll to select

[David Carlson]

I cannot comment on why that doesn't work in release 3.7 but it sure is a
handy feature in the 2.6 series that is new to me.  I hope it will get
fixed.

David  Carlson

On Tue, Dec 3, 2019, 10:45 AM George Riner <georgeriner at mycogeo.com> wrote:

> I'm on Windows 10, build 1903
> running Build ID: 3.7+(2019-09-07)
> Finance::Quote: 1.47  (I don't use the downloading of prices)
>
> I'm manually entering prices in the Price Database. Apparently, the tab
> order of the fields skips over the field value and will only land on the
> down arrow to the right of the field. (yes, the focus will land on the
> other fields in the window, just not the value for the security
> ticker/name).
>
> Thus, I cannot type the security symbol to have the list select it once
> I type in enough unique characters.  I have to use the down arrow to
> open the list and scroll through it with the mouse to get to the
> security I want - many of mine are at the bottom of the list - tedious.
>
> This used to work in 2.x series of GnuCash - I could tab to the security
> symbol/name list, start typing a symbol and the list would open up and
> scroll to the first matching symbol. Usually with only 3-4 characters
> typed I'd be at the intended security and could press Enter and it would
> select it into the Security value field, and I could tab on from there
> to put in the date and price.
>
> :George
> Sebastpol, CA
>
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